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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first call the department took the day after the Saint Patrick's Day parade?
(a) A stove fire.
(b) A child locked inside a bathroom alone.
(c) A child locked inside an apartment alone.
(d) An overflowing bathtub flooding an apartment beneath.

2. What injury did the young Hispanic boy suffer during the dinner time call to Home and Simpson streets?
(a) Abrasions and bruises.
(b) A broken neck.
(c) A broken leg.
(d) A broken arm.

3. What disease did one of the firefighters contract?
(a) Influenza.
(b) A bacterial infection.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Hepatitis.

4. Why were the five adults and two children unable to escape the burning building?
(a) Because a partial roof collapse blocked their way.
(b) Because the doors were locked from the outside to kep drug addicts out.
(c) Because the fire on the floors below stopped them.
(d) Because the fire escape was broken.

5. How did the firefighters save the life of the overdose victim on Hoe Avenue?
(a) By shoving ice down his pants.
(b) By performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
(c) By pumping his stomach.
(d) By performing CPR.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the young prostitute who lived in the neighborhood served by Engine Co. 82?

2. Before discovering the culprit, how did Smith describe the fatal fire on Kelly Street?

3. What do the firemen call the "game" they play when they ask one another if they may relieve another fireman during a fire?

4. Approximately how many calls did Engine Co. 82 respond to the year before the book was written?

5. What happened to several firefighters (including Smith) fighting a blaze at a two-story factory building?

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